CPD training courses

This interactive online one day workshop will help you understand how to design and use multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for a variety of educational purposes, and how to effectively design them for optimal impact in one day.

This interactive workshop will describe the different approaches to mark scheme design and provide practical guidance on how to optimise your mark schemes. Courses available: 4 March 2025 | 14 Oct 2025

An interactive series of workshops introducing item banking theory, practice and delivery, with an opportunity to discuss the relevance of item banking in your own context.

A series of three interactive online workshops that will develop your knowledge of research purposes, methods and good practice that are relevant to the assessment context.

A series of four interactive online workshops, designed to introduce the basic concepts behind item response theory (IRT) and give clear examples of when it is useful.

Join us in Cambridge or online on 29-30 April for Assessment Horizons - an opportunity to explore emerging and developing themes in assessment design, development and delivery.

Learn to lead effective and equitable assessment change with this five-day programme for global assessment leaders. Back for 2025.

An interactive series of five workshops guiding you through the principles of curriculum design and how these can be practically applied to the development of a curriculum.

An interactive workshop, designed to fit around your working day, exploring different approaches to grading and how these can be applied in your own context.

Understand key principles underpinning effective assessment including validity, reliability, and fairness. Improve your assessment knowledge and challenge your assumptions. Courses available: On-demand | 2 Jun-3 Aug 2025 | 8 Sep-9 Nov 2025